years until Merry Lepper's 3:37:07 performance at the Western Hemisphere Marathon on 16 December 1963. Later life and death Following multiple moves after World War II, she may have lived in a women's shelter after the late-1950's. Records indicate she may have lived in Battersea and Wandsworth until the late-1950s. A death certificate dated 11 April 1972 for "Violet Pearson, otherwise Violet Piercy, otherwise Violet Pierce" describes brain haemorrhage as the cause of death at University College Hospital in London. Her death certificate states that she had no fixed address. Notes References 1889 births 1972 deaths English female marathon runners British female marathon runners English female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners World record setters in athletics (track and field) People educated at the Old Palace School